Washington D.C. – Congressman Ted S. Yoho (R-FL) voted in favor of removing an Obama-era Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulation that imposed heavy-handed requirements on internet service providers. S.J.Res.34 evens the playing field for internet service providers and allows them to play by the same rules that apply to internet companies like Google and Facebook.

Washington, D.C. — Congressman Ted S. Yoho (R-FL) issued the following statement on President Trump’s recent executive order dealing with Obama administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule:

Washington D.C. – With the support of 175 Members of Congress, the House passed Congressman Ted S. Yoho’s (R-FL-03) bipartisan bill aimed at helping veterans through the claims process with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The WINGMAN Act (HR 512) passed by voice vote.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives Ted Yoho (R-FL) and Albio Sires (D-NJ) introduced legislation that would spur small business growth, bring millions of dollars into the U.S. economy, and allow Canadian citizens to continue to conveniently and safely travel between our shared borders.

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Last week, the full U.S. House passed on voice vote a proposal from two Florida congressmen to increase access for congressional staffers to have access to help clear the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs’ (VA) backlog.

Republicans in Congress are fired up by the chance to accomplish big things in the early days of the upcoming Trump administration and move away from the crisis budgeting that faces them once again in the lame-duck session.

We are in a constitutional crisis. Since 2011, approval ratings for Congress are consistently below 20 percent. Presidential authority and executive overreach are greater and more abusive now than during any time in recent memory. Members in the House and the Senate struggle to offer alternative policies and are stonewalled by the executive branch.

Gov. Rick Scott is in Washington this afternoon meeting with House Speaker Paul Ryan, Florida’s U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, and U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho to talk about the latest effort to fund the fight on the Zika virus.

Last week the Obama administration approved the largest release of detainees from the terrorist prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. These fifteen hardened terrorists will be transferred and placed under the custody of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This prisoner release greatly concerns me. As a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I believe this transfer is reckless and shortsighted.

Mosquitos are effective at distributing diseases and they don’t care if you are a Democrat or a Republican. The current Senate delay in approving funding to combat the spread of the Zika virus is frustrating, unnecessary, and dangerous. Now is not the time to be playing politics with the health of the American people.

America needs to rethink how we distribute our foreign aid around the world. I came to Congress on the promise of cutting wasteful government spending. There are plenty of examples of the government playing loose with taxpayer money, but none more so than how we spend our foreign aid dollars.